Triphone
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In linguistics
, a triphone is a sequence of three phoneme
s. Triphones are useful in models of natural language processing
where they are used to establish the various contexts in which a phoneme can occur in a particular natural language
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Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, a triphone is a sequence of three phoneme
Phoneme
In a language or dialect, a phoneme is the smallest segmental unit of sound employed to form meaningful contrasts between utterances....
s. Triphones are useful in models of natural language processing
Natural language processing
Natural language processing is a field of computer science and linguistics concerned with the interactions between computers and human languages; it began as a branch of artificial intelligence....
where they are used to establish the various contexts in which a phoneme can occur in a particular natural language
Natural language
In the philosophy of language, a natural language is any language which arises in an unpremeditated fashion as the result of the innate facility for language possessed by the human intellect. A natural language is typically used for communication, and may be spoken, signed, or written...
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